MICHELLE WILLIAMS has denied she is jealous of her former bandmate Beyonce.
The ex-member of Destiny's Child has just started a six-week run playing Roxie Hart in Chicago in London's West End.
Speaking to the BBC, she said: "Because I'm not visible over here with the number ones, they think I'm not doing anything or they think I'm not as successful.
"But I'm in the freaking West End! I'm the first African-American woman to play this role in the West End!"
She added: "I wanna be respected for what I do but I don't wanna be bombarded and can't go anywhere.
"So that's what I have over Beyoncé. I can go anywhere I want."
Williams will be performing in the musical at the Cambridge Theatre between July 13 and August 22.